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Liberalism at Large
The World According to the Economist
by Alexander Zevin

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544 pages / 12 November 2019 / 9781781686249

Path-breaking history of modern liberalism told through the pages of one
of its most zealous supporters.

Since 1843, the Economist has been the single most devoted and
influential champion of liberalism anywhere in the world. But what
exactly is liberalism, and how has the liberal message evolved?
Liberalism at Large  presents a history of liberalism on the move,
confronting the  challenges that classical doctrine left unresolved: the
rise of  democracy, the expansion of empire, the ascendancy of finance.
Today,  neither economic crisis at home, nor permanent warfare abroad,
has  dimmed the Economist’s belief in unfettered markets, limited
government and a free hand for the West. Confidante to the powerful,
emissary for the financial sector, portal onto international affairs,
the bestselling news weekly shapes the world its readers—and the rest of
 us—inhabit. This is the first critical biography of one of the
architects of a liberal world order now under increasing strain.
Reviews

“A highly-readable history of one of the world’s most influential
publications—and an important contribution to the history of political
thought.”

– Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times

“Written with analytical rigour, narrative flair and formidably
marshalled scepticism, Liberalism at Large is by some way the most
ambitious and compelling history of a newspaper or magazine that I have
read.”

– David Kynaston, author of The City of London and Modernity Britain

“Sharp, engaging and deeply researched, Liberalism at Large reveals the
profound contradictions at the heart of one of the most influential
strands of liberalism – its supposed aversion to state power and
consistent embrace of imperial might.”

– Jennifer Pitts, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago

“Liberalism at Large has to be the most fascinating, and the
best-written, engagement with the idea-that-nobody-ever-defines. Our
understanding of liberalism, and of its historical and ideological
power, is permanently changed, and immeasurably for the better.”

– Geoff Mann, author of In the Long Run We Are All Dead

“Much more than a history of a single journal, Liberalism at Large gives
us a compelling counter-history of key global players, events and
ideologies from imperialism and free trade to liberalism and
neoliberalism. Absorbing and informative.”

– Priyamvada Gopal, author of Insurgent Empire

“What a brilliant idea and what a brilliant book. Zevin offers a
critical and nuanced account of the ever-changing liberalism promoted by
the Economist.”

– Donald Sassoon, author of The Anxious Triumph

“Meticulous and beautifully written, Liberalism at Large should be read
by anyone interested in ‘actually existing liberalism,’ in other words
liberalism as it was conceived by the people who defined and promoted
it, and not an idealized version based on some pre-determined canon of
‘great thinkers.’ Fascinating and often disturbing.”

– Helena Rosenblatt, author of The Lost History of Liberalism